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W. B. BOM/MAN.

BO'X. APPLICATION HLED SEPT. 21, 1913.

i Patented July 6,1915.

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WILLIAM B. BowiviAN, or WILKEs-BARRE, PNNSYLVANA.

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Be it known that I, WILLIAM B. BowMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Vilkes-Barre, in the county of Luzerne and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Boxes, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to paper boxes and it more particularly relates to an improved form of fastening and lstrengthening device forl paper boxes.

One of the. objects of the invention is to prcvide'paper boxes which may be of any size oi"shape,with an ever-ready tying tape or string in such position that it cannot be removed from the box without untying or severing it, so that the box may be quickly and securely sealed to avoid tampering by size and design of box to which it is secured,

so as to avoid the usual inconvenience of carrying lthe box to some particular part of a store to be wrapped and tied.

Another object of this invention is to provide a box with a tie string secured thereto and with adjacent stiiiiening and strengthening means, so that the usual necessity for wrapping the box in paper is avoided, thereby eifecting a great saving in paper and time.

In the accompanying drawings whichl supplement this specification, Figure- 1 is a top plan view of the box, the cover being removed and the strengthening strip being turned back; Fig. 2 is: a fragmental vertical section through the box and cover; Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmental detail view, illustrating the strengthening strip and washers invertical section; Fig. 4 is a fragmental bottom plan view; Fig. 5 is an enlarged fragmental detail view, illustrating the tie element in section; and Fig. 6 is a transpurpose for which it is intended and the merchandise which it is' intended to pack therein. The bottom 10 of the body 10 is apertured at opposite sides, adjacent to its edge portions, as at 10a. Perforated disks or washers 12 are gluedl or otherwisesecured on the inner and outer surfaces of the bottom with their -apertures in registry with the aperture 10a, so as to constitute an eyelet through which the tie string or tape 13 ispassed. Obviously, lany other form of eyelet may be substituted for the disks 12 and the eyelet or disks may be made from any preferred and suitable material. The stifening strip 14 is glued or otherwise secured to the bottom 10 and to the sides 10", and this stiifening striplil may have its end portions turned down at the top, although, obviously, this specific arrangement is not absolutely essential; but it is essential that the strengthening strip extend to the top of the Wall 10", so as to strengthen said wall and thereby strengthen the cover l1 where itrests 'upton the wall and where the tie string hereinafter described passes thereover.

The medial portion of the tie element 13 is secured between the bottom 10 and the medial portion of the strip Myand the end portions which project through the eyelets 1Q may be passed directly outward, upward and over the box top 11, whence they may be united by tying or in any other suitable way. to pass the. tie elements in lapped'relation back under the bottom 10, as illustrated in Fig. 4, so as to add greater strength to the box, and accordingly the ties are made sufiiciently long for tying 4the box in the last described way.

It is obvious Athat any desired number of the tying device described in the foregoing may be applied to a box, either at its medial portion, adjacent its end portions, or both; and it is also obvious that the ties 13 and strips 14 may bevdisposed either longitudinally or laterally of the box.

F roml the foregoing it will be seen that I have provided a device of this character which is fully capable of attaining the desired objects, as VVspecified in the foregoing, in a thoroughly practical and eflicient manner.

While the accompanying' drawings illustrate what I believe to be the preferred embodiment-of my invention, it is to be under- ]Patented July 6, 1915. Application filed September 24, 1913. Seria1No.'791,592.

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. any. distance stood. that the invention is not limited thereto, hut that various changes may he made in the construction, arrangement and proportions of the parts Without departing from the scope of the invention as dened in the appended claim.

What claim isz#- A device of the class described including specially con 'ia-amat a pap-er box having a pair 01"" oppositely disposed eyeletsl in the bottoni thereof adjacent to the opposite edges thereof, a tie element having its medial portion disposed on the bottoni oi the box and having its end-portions extending downward through the eyelets, a cover 'for the box, -and :i strengthening strip having its niedial portion disposed upon the 'hottoin of the boxand upon the tie element thereon and secured to said bottoni and said tie eienien't, said strengthening strip having its end portion tin-ned up against opposite' valle of' the box'and extending to the top thereof.

In 'testimony n'hereofl hereunto alli); my Signature in the presence of two witnesses,

TVI'LLAM B. BOVVMAN. v

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